Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention rPlates to acrylic adhesive and sealant compositions
with improved hot strength and in particular toughened acrylic adhesives
and sealants containing chlorosulphonated polyethylene as a toughening
agent.
BACKGROUND
Present toughened acrylic adhesives and sealants of the above type
are limited to relatively low temperature applications, i.e. to applications
where the bonded substrate is not likely to be exposed to temperatures much
above 120C, and certainly not for any Jength of time. Under such
conditions, i.e. above about 120C for prolonged periods of time, such
toughened acrylics lose their mechanical strength and since many commer-
cial painting operations involve stoving the painted substrate for periods of
up to one hour or more at 180C, the use of such toughened acrylics in the
construction and bonding of such substrates has been limited.
One approach, in the case o~ toughened acrylics containing chloro-
sulphonated polyethylene (Hypalonl) as the toughening agent, has been to
replace the toughening agent with a more thermally stable rubber but this
approach suffers from the disadvantage that the over all performance of the
adhesive is degraded, in particular, longer handling time, slower cures and
reduced ultimate bond strength. In EP-A-0 044166 for example a styrene-
butadiene block copolymer is proposed as a toughening agent in such
composi tions.
Another approach has been to add an epoxy resin to the monomer, but
this suffers from the disadvantage that at the levels of epoxy resin neces-
sary to give improved resistance to thermal degradation, the normal proper-
ties of the adhesive are again beginning to suffer and losses in the rate of
cure and in the ultimate bond strength begin to be noticeable.
One of the problems associated with the use of chlorosulphona~ed
polyethylene as toughening agents in such compositions is that they do
release acid at elevated temperatures and this tends to degrade or destroy
the polymeric matrix. A similar problem exists when other acid-releasing
polymers such as polyvinylchloride or chloroprene are incorporated into such
3S adhesives, not necessarily as toughening agents, but for other purposes such
as viscosity modifiers etc.
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PRIOR ART
Toughened two part acrylic adhesive compositions of the type to
which the present invention relates are disclosed in U.S. Patents 3,890,407,
3,962,372, 4,112,013 and 4,118,436, whilst toughened one part, anaerobic
acrylic adhesives of this general type are disclosed in GB-A-1,505,348.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
The general object of this invention is to provide acrylic adhesives
with improved hot strength.
1û A more specific object is to improve the hot strength of acrylic
adhesives containing as an additive an acid releasing polymer such as
chlorosulphonated polyethylene.
A still more specific object is to improve the hot strength of two part
acrylic adhesives containing chlorosulphonated polyethylene as a toughening
15 agent.
Other objects will become apparent as the description proceeds.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, we have found that the hot
20 strength of acrylic adhesives and sealants containing chlorosulphonated
polyethylene or other acid releasing polymers can be improved by incorpora-
ting into the acrylic monomer an epoxidised acrylate or methacrylate.
Although we do not wish to be bound by any theory, it is believed that upon
heating such epoxy-containing acrylic adhesives to a temperature in the
25 range 120-150C the epoxy rings in the ester moiety open up, catalysed by
acid released from the acid releasing polymer thereby to cause additional
grafting ~between the polymer and the acrylic phase, with a consequent
increase in its hot strength.
30 DETAILED DESCRIPTION
In more detail, the present invention provides an acrylic adhesive
composition of the type comprising a solution of a chlorosulphonated poly-
ethylene or other acid releasing polymer in a polymerisable acrylate ester,
and a free radical catalyst initiator system either in admixture therewith or
35 separately, wherein the acrylate ester component consists of or comprises
an epoxidised acrylate or methacrylate. Preferably the epoxidised monomer
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is present in an amount of from 5 to lûû% by weight, based on the total
monomer weight, more preferably 5 to 50%, and most preferably from 10 to
25%, the balance, if any, being provided by one or more acrylate or
methacrylate esters and, optionally, acrylic or methacrylic acid.
The preferred epoxidised acrylic monomers used in the present
invention are glycidyl acrylate and methacrylate, and acrylates and meth-
acrylates containing an epoxidised ester moiety derived from a dicyclo-
pentenyl or dicyclopentenyloxyalkyl group, viz. an unsaturated group of the
formula:
or
~CnH2n~
where n is an integer, preferably an integer of from 1 to 5, more preferably
2 to 4. Preferably the alkyl group provides a chain of at least two carbon
atoms between the oxygen atoms, viz. ethyl, n-prcpyl, isopropyl etc. For
25 convenience herein such radicals are referred to throughout this specif i-
cation and claims as dicyclopentenyl and dicyclopentenyloxyalkyl, by ana-
logy with their common progenitor, viz. dlcyclopentadiene. However, their
systematic and proper nomenclature is, respectively
tricyclo[5.2.1.02~6}3-decen-8-yl and
~-(tricyclo[5.2.1.02~6~3-decen-8-yloxy~alkyl.
The most preferred epoxidised acrylic monomers used in the inven-
tion are epoxidised dicyclopentenyl acrylate and methacrylate, and epoxi-
dised dicyclopentenyloxyethyl acrylate and methacrylate, more especially
the methacrylates. The preferred epoxidised dicyclopentenyl methacrylate
35 and epoxidised dicyclopentenyloxyethyl methacrylate monomers are repre-
sented by the formulae I and 11 respectively:
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CH3
Dicyclopentenyl Me_h?crylate Epoxide (DCPME)
Il CH3
H2C ICI ~CH2--CH2 ~
Dicyclopentenyloxyethyl Methacrylate Epoxide (DCPOEME)
These monomers may readily be prepared by traditional
esterification routes, e.g. by the reaction of methacrylic (or acrylic)
acid and ~icyclopentadiene alcohol, followed by epoxidation of the
ethylenically unsaturated E~ond remaining in the ester moiety wi th
peracetic acid.
Whilst, as already indicated, the preferred epoxidised monomers are
DCPME and DCPOEME, and also glycidyl methacrylate, other epoxidised
acrylate ester monomers may also be used&ontaining in the ester moiety an
acid sensitive epoxy ether group, C~C_, which opens up during
heating or stoving of the cured adhesive catalysed by the release of acid
25 from the acid releasing polymer, thereby to promote grafting between the
polymer and the acrylic matrix. Generally speaking such epoxidised acrylic
ester monomers will be derived from alkenyl, alkenyloxyalkyl, cycloalkenyl
and cycloalkenyloxyalkyl acrylates and methacrylates, particularly mono-
alkenyl, monoalkenyloxyalkyl, cyclomonoalkenyl and cyclomonoalkenyloxy-
3û alkyl acrylates and methacrylates by epoxidisation of the ethylenically
unsaturated linkage in the ester moiety by reaction with peracetic acid. For
the avoidance of doubt, the term "cycloalkenyl" is used herein to include
both mono and polycyclic aliphatic ring systems containing at least one
ethylenically (non-aromatic) unsaturated double bond. Over all the epoxi-
35 dised ester moiety may contain from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from
3 to 15. Typically suitable acyclic moieties are epoxidised moieties
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obtained from the lower monoalkenyl and monoalkenyloxyalkyl groups, i.e.
mono (C3-C6) alkenyl and mono (C3-C6) alkenyl (C1-C6) oxyalkyJ. Typical
cyclic moieties are epoxidised moieties obtained from monocycloalkenes
containing from 5 to 8 ring carbon atoms, and from polycycloalkenes
containing from 10 to 18 ring carbon atoms arranged in 2 or 3 fused rings,
and such monocycloalkene and polycycloalkene ring structures linked to the
acrylic or methacrylic acid moiety via a lower (C1^C6) oxyalkylene group.
Included within the term cycloalkenyl and cycloalkenyloxyalkyl are ring
structures in which one or more ring carbon atoms may be substituted by
1û non-interfering substituents, e.g. C1-C6 alkyl groups.
Whilst the epoxidised monomer may be present in amounts up to
100% by weight, based on the total monomer content, the epoxidised
monomer preferably constitutes no more than 50% of the total monomer
content, the balance comprising non-epoxidised acrylates and methacrylates
and optionally acrylic or methacrylic acid. For this purpose there may be
used any of the acrylate or methacrylate esters mentioned in the publica-
tions previously referred to, optionally and usually in admixture with acrylic
and/or methacrylic acid as an adhesion promoter. Thus typical acrylic
monomers for use in this invention are alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl and
hydroxyalkyl acrylates and methacrylates, and alkylene and polyalkylene
diacrylates and dimethacrylates. Specific examples are: C1-Cg alkyl acryl-
ates and methacrylates, particularly methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl, isobutyl
and ethylhexyl methacrylates, C2-C3 hydroxyalkyl acrylates and meth-
acrylates, particularly hydroxyethyl methacrylate, C1-Cs alkoxy (C1-Cs)
alkyl methacrylates e.g. ethoxyethyl methacrylate, lauryl methacrylate,
tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, and poly (C2-C3)
alkylene dimethacrylates, e.g. triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate. Particu-
larly preferred acrylic monomer combinations for use in this invention are
combinations of (a) an acrylate ester selected from one or more of the
following: methyl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, 2-ethoxyethyl
methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate and triethyleneglycol di-
methacrylate, and (b) methacrylic acid.
Although chlorosulphonated polyethylene is preferred as the acid
releasing polymer, to promote the toughness of the cured composition, other
acid releasing polymers may also be used, for example, polychloroprene or
an elastomer, such as acrylonitrile-butadiene or styrene-butadiene, which
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contains terminal or pendant sulphonyl chloride (-SO2CI) groups. Amounts
of polymeric additive rnay range from 5 to 50% by weight, based on the
weight of monomer, more ususlly 10 to 35%.
Included in the adhesive composition, either as a separate component
or wholly or partly in admixture with the monomeric component, will be a
free radical catalyst initiator system capable of initiating the free radical
polymerisation of the monomer. Usually the free radical catalyst initiator
system will include an organic peroxide or hydroperoxide, or an organic
peracid or perester. Typical and preferred peroxy compounds are cumene
10 hydroperoxide and t-benzyl benzoate, although a wide variety of other
peroxy compounds can be used. Such peroxy compounds will usually, but not
necessarily, be used in combination with one or more tertiary amine or
amine-aldehyde accelerators and/or with promoters such as copper or cobalt
naphthenate or quinolinolate to complete the initiator system, and depen-
15 ding on the nature of the adhesive, i.e. one part or two part.
Also included in the compositions will be the usual range of optional
components such as polymerisation inhibitors, accelerators, diluents, thick-
eners, viscosity modifiers, epoxy resins etc. Such additions are conventional
and do not need to be elucidated here in any detail.
The invention is particularly applicable to two part acrylic adhesives
comprising, as the first part, the solution of chlorosulphonated polyethylene
or other acid releasing polymer in the acrylate monomer, and as the second
part, an accelerator, almost invariably an amine-aldehyde condensate, such
as the aniline-butyraldehyde condensate produced and sold under the trade
25 ~ark VANAX 808, and which can be premixed with the monomer component
immediately before use, or more usually, applied as a primer to one or both
surfaces to be bonded. Other suitable amine-aldehyde condensates are
listed in US-A-3,591,438. If desired part of the monomer can be formulated
as the second component in admixture with the amine-aldehyde condensate
30 plus other optional and conventional ingredients.
The invention is illustrated by the following Examples.
EXAMPLE 1
A conventional acrylic adhesive composition, Composition A, was
35 prepared having the following formulation:
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wt%
methyl methacrylate 50.73
triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate0.95
butylated hydroxy toluene 0.20
chlorosulphonated polyethylene (HYPALON 20) 33.34
diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DOW 331) 4.76
methacrylic acid 9.52
cumene hydroperoxide 0.50
A series of adhesive compositions according to the present invention
were then prepared with progressively increasing amounts of epoxidised
dicyclopentenyl methacrylate (DCPME), viz: 2.5%, 5%, 10%, 15%, such
percentages being based on the total content of acrylic monomers, and with
a corresponding reduction in the amount of methyl methacrylate. In other
15 words, the four test compositions according to this invention contained,
respectively, 48.23, 45.73, 40.73 and 35.73% methyl methacrylate.
Using the conventional aniline-butyraldehyde condensate, VANAX
808, as the second component the adhesive compositions were applied
between steel laps in a conventional manner, i.e. by applying the amine-
20 aldehyde condensate as a primer to one surface and the adhesive as a beadto the other surface, which were then clamped together at room tempera-
ture until handling strength was achieved. The bonded steel laps were then
tested for shear strength after exposure to 180C for one hour, lap shear
strength being measured at 180C. The results were as follows:
% DCPMEHot lap shear 2strength
0 = Composition A 0.57
3û 2.5 0.75
0.71
1.67
7.20
Compared with the conventional formulation, Composition A, the
increased lap shear strength at elevated temperatures, such as might be
encountered in a conventional stoving operation, is clearly demonstrated.
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Further comparative tests were carried out to compare the hot
strength of a composition according to this invention (Composition A above
but with 15% DCPME in place of the corresponding amount of methyl meth-
acrylate) at various temperatures with the hot strength of the conventional
5 formulation, Composition A, a commercially available two part acrylic
adhesive, Loctite 341, and a commercial single part epoxy resin adhesive,
Permabond ESP 110, the latter known to provide adequate hot strength in
stoving operations. The tests were carried out on steel laps, assembled as
previously described or in accordance with the manufacturers instructions as
lû the case may be, and after exposure to the temperature stated for one hour,
the tests being performed at that temperature. The results are as follows:
Adhesive Lap Shear Strength MNm~2
120C 150~C180C 210~C
Composition A6.51 3.72 0.57 0.14
Test Sample
15% DCPME9.95 9.08 7.20 0.34
Loctite 341 3.û4 1.92 1.21 0.55
Permabond ESP 110 18.6~4.25 2.26 1.80
These results further demonstrate the superior hot strengths achiev-
25 able with compositions according to this invention.
In another, separate, series of tests, the hot strength of the compo-
sitions, (i.e. Composition A above but with various levels of DCPME to
replace the same amount of methyl methacrylate) under the same condi-
tions, i.e. at 180C after exposure to 180C for various times as specified,
30 were measured for varying concentrations of DCPME. These results were as
follows:
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Time at 180C Test type % DCPME
hours (see
footnote) 11 12 13 14 15
0.5 A 180 170
1 A 170 165
1 B 2.71 2.90 3.29 3.39
3 A 160 145
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Footnote: Test A: Peel strength in N/25 mm measured on aluminium
after cooling to room temperature.
Test B: Lap shear strength measured hot ~180~) on steel,
results in MNm~2.
Test C: Lap shear strength measured on aluminium at room
temperature, results in MNm~2.
These show an increasing hot strength with increasing levels of
DCPME and correspondingly increasing levels of cross-linking, but with
some evidence of sensitivity to the-nature of the substrate.
Further tests were carried out to show the effect of the substrate on
strength loss on heat ageing. The tests were carried out on Composition A
25 as defined above but with 15Yo of DCPME in place of the same amount of
methyl methacrylate. The results are as follows:
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l Lap Shear Strength,
Temperature C Exposure TimeMNm~2, after Substrate
(hours)cooling to ambient
temperature
180 0.5 27.6 Steel
1.0 27.1 Steel
2.0 6.9 Steel
3.0 1.7 Steel
24.0 0.9 Steel
_
150 0.5 29.0 Steel
1.0 33.1 Steel
2.0 29.7 Steel
3.0 32.7 Steel
7.0 29.2 Steel
24.0 11.5 Steel
20180 3.0 22.7 Aluminium
24.0 22.7 Aluminium
Degradation of the system is clearly faster on steel substrates. A
25 further test was run with joints being exposed to 180C for 500 hours.
Hot strength at 180DC on steel laps 1.22 MNm~2
Strength at ambient temperature after cooling
from 180C on steel laps 3.88 MNm~2
Strength at ambient temperature after cooling
from 180C on steel impact blocks 12 kg.f.cm
This confirmed that with Isng term exposure to high temperatures on
steel substrates the system became brittle and of low strength.
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EXAMPLE 2
A two part acrylic adhesive, modified in accordance with this
invention, was prepared comprising as the first part:
wt%
2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate 34.17
isobornyl methacrylate 4.00
epoxidised dicyclopentenyl methacrylate DCPME 15.00
methacrylic acid 9.52
triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate 0.95
chlorosulphonated polyethylene (HYPALON 20) 30.00
diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DOW 331~ 4.7S
butylated hydroxy toluene 1.00
cumene hydroperoxide 0.50
oxalic acid 0.10
Tests were carried out with this adhesive, using aniline-butyraldehyde
(VANAX 808) as the accelerator, and the results compared with the unmodi-
f ied adhesive formulation, i.e. in which the DCPME was replaced by the
same quantity, i.e. 15% by weight, of additional isobornyl methacrylate,
20 making a total isobornyl methacrylate content of 19% by weight. The
results obtained were as follows:
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Unmodif ied Modif ied
Composition Composition
(û% DCPME) (15% DCPME)
Handling time (minutes) - steel 3 - 3.5 1.5 - 2
Handling time (minutes)- glass 3.5 - 4 2 - 2.5
Lap shear, steel, MNm~2, cure 24h 15.2 15.8
at 23C
Peel strength, aluminium, 150 130
N/25mm, cure 24h at 23C
Impact strength, steel, kg.f.crn., 95 90
cure 24h at 23C
35 Lap shear, steel, MNm~2, 0 1.33
measured hot after lh at 180C
These results show that DCPME is not specific to methyl meth-
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acrylate matrices, and does not retard cure speed. In fact it may be
beneficial. The results also show that there is no significant difference in
bond strength at room temperature cure, but a measurable degree of hot
strength in the modified composition at 180C against zero hot strength of
5 the unmodified composition.
EXAMPLE 3
Using the modified and unmodified (Composition A) adhesive compo-
sitions of Example 1, further tests have been carried out to compare the
10 humidity and salt spray resistance of bonded joints comprising the two
adhesives. The results are as follows:
% strength retention after
1000h exposure
_ 40C 95% R.H. 5% Salt Spray
Composition A 83% 25%
Modified composition 99% 79%
(15% DCPME)
EXAMPLE 4
Laboratory tests were carried out to monitor the softening/hot
25 strr ngth relationship of the modified composition of Example 1 (15%
DCPME) in comparison with a commercial single part epoxy ESP 110
(Permabond Adhesives Limited) known to provide adequate hot strength for
stoving operations. The results clearly demonstrate that although the
modified adhesive composition of this invention softens, the hot strength
30 develops sufficiently rapidly to ensure that the bond strength does not drop
below the ar ceptable standard set by ESP 110. These results have been
confirmed in the course of trials by a UK vehicle manufacturer where
bonded vehicle cornponents manufactured using the modified version of
Composition A, i.e. containing 15% DCPIvlE have been successfully stoved at
35 ternperatures up to 190C.
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EXAMPLE5
The importance of the epoxy group in the epoxidised monomer has
been demonstrated by comparing ths bond strengths of adhesive compo-
sitions containing the corresponding unepoxidised monomers: dicyclo-
5 pentenyl methacrylate (DCPM) and dicyclopentenyloxyethyl methacrylate
(DCPOEM), with the epoxidised monomers: ~poxidised dycyclopentenyl
methacrylate (DCPME) and epoxidised dicyclopentenyloxyethyl methacryl-
ate (DCPOEME). The basic, unmodified, adhesive formulation was as set
out in Example 1, Composition A, modified for the purposes of this test by
10 partially replacing methyl methacrylate with an equivalent amount (15%) of
DCPOEM,DCPOEME,DCPM and DCPME. The results are as follows:
Composition A modified by partial DCPOEM DCPOEME DCPM DCPME
15 replacement of MMA with: 15% 15% 15% 15%
Lap shear, MNrn~2, steel, 24h cure 20.0 23.7 23.8
Lap shear, MNm~2, steel, hot 0 1.06 0.76 2.29
strength at 180C
20 Lap shear, MNm~2, room 1.6 29.4 27.6
temperature strength after lh
at 180C
Peel N/25mm, Al., 24h cure 23C 167 202 197
Peel N/25mm, Al., room 183 152
temperature strength after lh
at 180C 1
The epoxy group is clearly necessary to give both hot strength and
30 thermal durability. These results also demonstrate the operability of the
alternative epoxy acrylate monomer: epoxidised dicycJopentenyloxyethyl
methacrylate.
The importance of the epoxy group in the monomer was further
demonstrated by comparing compositions according to this invention, Com-
35 position A above modified by the inclusion of 10U~o DCPME in place of thecorresponding amount of methyl methacrylate, with Composition A con-
taining an additional 10~o by weight, based on the total composition, of a
novolac epoxy resin DEN 43~ (rrom Shell Chemical) known for its ability to
provide superior hot strength compared wit~ the usual diglycidyl ether of
40 bisphenol A (DOW 331). The results obtained a e as follows:
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= Lap shear strength
MNm~2
steel laps at 180C
Composition A, modi- 1.67
fied with 10% DCPME
replacement of MMA
Composition A, modi- 0.99
10 fied by 10% addition
of DEN 438
This result clearly demonstrates the importance of incorporating the
15 epoxy groups into the polymerised acrylate matrix via an epoxidised
acrylate monomer, rather than via the mere addition of an epoxy resin.
Moreover the novolac epoxy resin DEN438 is difficult to incorporate into
the acrylate monomer.
2û EXAMPLE 6
The effect of replacing the chlorosulphonated polyethylene
(HYPALON) with other non-acid teleasing elastomers was investigated by
substituting in place of the chlorosulphonated polyethylene various other
elastomers viz. a styrene-butadiene block copolymer CARIFLEX TR 1111*
25 (Shell), a polyurethane, ESTANE 5716 and ESTANE 5712 (Goodrich) and a
poly(ethyl methacrylate) ELVACITE 2042 (DuPont). The results obtained
were as follows:
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Hypalon 15% Lap Shear MNm-2 Peel Strength N/25mnn
Substutute replacement
of MMA24h cure After lh 180C 24h cure After lh 180C
23DC tested at room 23C tested at room
ternperature temperature
Carif lex DCPOEME 4.3 7 ~ 0 25 0
TR 1111 DCPOEM 3.6 8.5 15
Estane DCPOEME13.6 7.8 167 0
5716 DCPOEM 11.5 5.8 165 û
5712 DCPOEME14.7 5.9 196 0
DCPOEM 19.0 _ 150
Elvacite DCPM 12.0 4.6 G2 0
2042
These results demonstrate the importance of a polymer, such as
chlorosulphonated polyethylene, which releases acid upon heating and which
therefore catalyses the opening of the epoxy groups incorporated into the
acrylate matrix via the epoxidised acrylate monomer, during exposure of the
25 cured adhesive to elevated temperatures, thus increasing the cross-linking
density and contributing to the increase in hot strength of the adhesive. The
disappearance of the epoxy groups during exposure of the adhesive to
elevated temperature has been monitored by infra-red analysis. Besides
chlorosulphonated polyethylene, other suitable acid releasing polymers are
30 polyvinyl chloride, chloroprene, and sulphonyl chloride group containing
polymers such as acrylonitrile/butadiene and styrenelbutadiene copolymers
containing pendant or terminal sulphonyl chloride (-5O2CI) groups. Such
acid releasing polymers are generally those which are known to require an
acid scavenger for thermal stability.
EXAMPLE 7
To investigate the effect of increasing concentrations of DCPME,
three adhesive compositions were formulated taking as the basic compo-
sition Composition A as defined in Example 1, and substituting 15.6%, 26.4%
40 and 39 5U/o by weight DCPME in place of the same amount of MMA. Using
VANAX 808 as the initiator, the following results have been obtained.
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%DCPME
lS.6% 26.4% 39.5%
(DCPME:MMA (DCPME:MMA
= 1:1) = 3:1)
lJltimate thick lap shear 23.8 MNm~2 25.7 MNm~2 20.S MNm~2
10 strength, 50.8 ~lm gap _
Hot strength after lh, 180C 2.3 MNm~2 4.6 MNm~2 8.0 MNm~2
Strength at room temperature 27.6 MNm~2 25.7 MNm-2 26.1 MNm~2
15 after 1 h, 180~C
T Peel strength, 50.8 llm gap 197 156 99
N/25 mm
T Peel strength at room152 166 147
20 temperature after 1 h, 180C
EXAMPLE 8
A further range of compositions according to this inven~ion, Compo-
25 sitions D to H, were prepared and evaluated using VANAX 808 as the
initiator as indicated in the following table.
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Composit on /O by weight ¦D E F G H
DCPME 15.60 26.4039.5052.80
GMA _ _ _ _ 15.60
ATM-2 0.99 0.990.99 0.99 0.99
MMA 37.10 26.4013.20 _ 37.10
BHT 0.21 0.210.21 0.21 0.21
Hypalon 20 34.60 34.6034.6034.60 34.60
10 MAA 9.90 9.909.90 9.90 9.90
CHP 0.52 0.520.52 0.52 a . 52
Silane A187 1.04 1.041.04 1.04 1.04
Shear, steel, MNm~2 23.80 25.7020.501.32 12.70
15 Shear, aluminium, MNm~2 _ _ _ _ 18.5û
Hot strength, steel, MNm~2 2.30 4.60 8.00 4.10 1.10
Hot strength, aluminium, _ _ _ 2.70
MNm~2
Strength after heat soak, 27.60 25.70 26.10 15.10 3.80
20 steel, MNm~2
Strength after heat soak, _ _ _ _ 15.60
aluminium, MNm~2
Peel strength, aluminium, 197.00 156.00 97.00 10.00 ¦ 67.00
N/25mm
25 Peel after heat soak9 152.00 166.00 147.00 91.00 ¦ 46.00 N/25mm l
DCPME: epoxidised dicyclopentenyl methacrylate
GMA: glycidyl methacrylate
30 ATM-2: triethylene glycol dimethacrylate
MMA: methyl methacrylate
E~HT: butylated hydroxy toluene
Hypalon 20: chlorosulphonated polyethylene
MAA: methacrylic acid
35 CHP: cumene hydroperoxide
Shear, steel, MNm~2 - strength after 24 hour cure at 25C, steel laps, bond
line thickness 50.8 llm.
Shear, aluminium, MNm~2 - as above but aluminium laps.
Hot strengths- measured at 180C after exposure to 180Ç for 1 hour.
40 Strengths after heat soak - measured at 25C after exposure to 180C for 1
hour.
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The results indicate that DCPME can usefully be used to replace all
of the methyl methacrylate in the formulation, Composition G. However,
when all of the MMA is replaced by DCPME a brittle system results from a
room temperature cure, but the system does have useful hot strength with
5 toughness developing after exposure to 1~0~C. This does tend to support the
theory of the DCPME grafting to the Hypalon during the heating process.
The lack of toughness after a room temperature cure we suspect resulted
from essentially homopolymerisation of DCPME with little or no grafting to
the rubber.
Composition H shows that G~A also gives a system which
although of lower strength does perform in a similar way to the equivalent
DCPME based system. However, as in all these systems the results are to
some extent substrate dependent. For example, the GMA system appears to
be better on aluminium than on steel, whilst DCPME is better on steel.
EXAMPLE 9
In a further series of experiments, the effect of DCPME and glycidyl
methacrylate (GMA) on the hot strength and other properties of typical
acrylate based anaerobic compositions containing an acid releasing elasto-
20 mer (HYPALON 20) as a toughening agent, Compositions 1, J and K, as wellas typical acrylate based anaerobic compositions containing a non-acid-
releasing polymer as the toughening agent, viz: HYCAR VTBNX, a vinyl-
terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer. The results are presented in
the following table.
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Composi tion J K L M N
(parts by weight)
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Tetrahydrofurfuryl82. 6082. 6û82. 6039.1039.10 39.10
methacrylate
Hydroxy ethyl _ _ _24. 3024. 30 24. 30
methacrylate
Hypalon 20 5.00 5.00 5.00 _ _
10 Hycar VTB NX _ _ _24. 3024. 30 24. 30
Methacrylic acid 5.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Cumene hydroperox ide 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.ûO
Saccharin 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
NN dimethyl-p-toluidine 0. 30 0.30 0.30 0.70 0.70 0.70
15 Fumed silica 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Polyethylene glycol 2001.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Dicyclopentenyl meth-_ 15.00 _ _ lS.00
acrylate epoxide
20 Glycidyl methacrylate _ _ 15.00 _ _ 15.00
24h cure lap shear19.8020.6û 7.00 13.80 10.20 4.80
strength MPa
Lap shear strength, hot at0.160.34 0.76 0.16 0.20 0.20
25 Lap shear strength at room3.306.4016.90 5.20 4.90 11.10
temperature after lh
at 180C
Compared with the standard anaerobic formulation, Composition 1,
the addition of 15% DCPME (Composition J) and 15% G M A (Composition K)
show a modest increase in the hot strength of the cured composition, thus
indicating applicability of the present invention to other acrylic adhesive
systerns, i.e. anaerobic systems, as well as two part acrylic systems.
These results also further demonstrate the irnportance of the acid-
releasing polymer, since the 15% DCPME and 15D/o G M A additions (Conpo-
sitions ~1 and N) to a conventional anaerobic formulation (Composition L)
containing a low molecular weight vinyl-terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile
elastomer (HYCAR VTBNX) as the toughening agent show no significant
40 increase in the hot strength of the composition.
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